By volunteering you can help serve your community, gain experience and
maybe even win scholarships. There is nothing more fulfilling than
helping others in need.

Fastweb and DoSomething have teamed up to provide students with access to volunteer, community service and activism opportunities in addition to scholarships to help pay for school. Each month, they highlight a Cause of the Month – or chance to get involved in the greater good while trying to win scholarships.

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The
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
program provides for forgiveness of federal education loans after ten years of
full-time employment in public service. The borrower must make 120
payments while the loans are in the direct loan program and while
employed in public service. At the end of the ten-year period, any
remaining outstanding principal and interest is forgiven. The benefit
is maximized when the borrower repays the loans under the
income-contingent or income-based repayment plans. This forgiveness
program is best for borrowers with high debt and low income.